Floating holder for blankets



1957 I. F. TURNER ET AL FLOATING HOLDER FOR BLANKETS Filed April 25, 1954 6 08 '77 E. Tum 0P United States Patent U FLOATING HOLDER FOR BLANKETS Ilse E. Turner and Robert E. Turner, Leominster, Mass. Application April 23, 1954, Serial No. 425,265

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-725) This invention relates to a new and improved floating blanket holder particularly adapted for baby blankets in a crib but not exclusively used in this connection.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a one-piece unitary plastic molded ring-like device which is easily applied to any one of the upright rails or stiles of a crib side and the same being of a diameter so that it is loosely mounted thereon and may easily slide up and down the same without any resistance with respect thereto, said holder being provided with a radially arranged tao molded integral therewith and provided with a slot at one surface only thereof, said slot being tangent to a circle whose radius is greater than that of the holder in general; and the provision of a device as above described including an overhanging lip or projection located within the slot and adapted to receive and thereafter securely hold a safety-pin or the like which snaps past said lip or projection and is received in a trap below the latter, with the prong of the pin in position to pierce the blanket and hold the same in a floating manner to allow the bedclothes to rise and fall while still being held to the crib side.

More particularly our invention comprises a baby blanket holder for crib use comprising in combination with a blanket securing safety pin a plastic ring having faces lying in substantially parallel planes and having a discontinuity in the ring permitting opening said ring to clasp about a fixed crib frame member such as a crib post, an integral extension having faces substantially parallel with the faces of the ring and having a slot in one face thereof receiving the back bar of the safety pin, said back bar extending substantially in the plane of the ring, said slot being partially closed by a lip projecting into the slot and providing an entrance to the pin receiving portion of the slot of less width than the diameter of the back bar of said pin, whereby accidenal removal of the pin from the ring is prevented.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the floating holder according to the present invention showing the same in use, part being in section; and

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged view in side elevation of the holder, looking in the direction of arrow 2 in Fig; 1, partly in section.

The holder of the present invention is molded of plastie and is inherently resilient. Preferably ittakes the form of a circular ring 10, although other shapes are contemplated. This ring is provided with a slit or slot at 12, so that the ends defined by the slot as at 14 may be sprung apart to slip the ring over the stile or other up- 2,779,985 Patented Feb. 5,

right 16. The member 16 is located and held vertically between the top and bottom rails of the crib side, the bottom rail being shown at 18.

It will be seen that this ring is easily slidable up and. down the stile 16 and there may be as many rings of the nature described as may be necessary. Usually four will be enough to hold the blanket to the crib, but six or more may be used if desired.

Adjacent the slot 12, there is an integrally molded flat radially projecting tab 20. This tab is provided with a fiat upper surface which is slotted as at 22 and this slot is for the purpose of receiving and holding the fixed stretch 24 of a safety-pin having a releasable prong 26 for piercing the blanket 28 and therefore holding the same in general fixed relation to the holder 10.

The slot 22 is provided with a projecting lip 30 which extends inwardly from one side wall of the slot toward the other side wall. The part 24 of the safety-pin is snapped down to pass this projection, the projection being inherently resilient and providing an entrance to a trap therebelow. The entrance provided by the projection has a width less than the diameter of the part 24 of the safetypin, whereby accidental removal of the pin is prevented.

It will be seen that the present device is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to use. It is easily applied where desired to any member such as that at 16. When in place, the blanket 28 may rise and fall and the holder will easily rise or fall with it without drag, and not being hampered by reason of its attachment to the stile 16. The entire device except for the pin is integrally molded in a die and all that is necessary to complete the object after molding is to snap the, safety-pin into the slot as above described, the pin thereafter being securely held against accidental removal.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what we claim is:

A baby blanket holder for crib use comprising in combination with a blanket securing safety pin a plastic ring having faces lying in substantially parallel planes and having a discontinuity in the ring permitting opening said ring to clasp about a fixed crib frame member such as a crib post, an integral extension having faces substantially parallel with the faces of the ring and having a slot in one face thereof receiving the back bar of the safety pin, said back bar extending substantially in the plane of the ring, said slot being partially closed by a lip projecting into the slot and providing an entrance to the pin receiving portion of the slot of less width than the diameter of the back bar of said pin, whereby accidental removal of the pin from the ring is prevented.

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